Chapter 990: Your Own Horcrux
Chapter 990: His Own Horcrux
"Kyle, are you sure?"
On a street in London, Minerva McGonagall looked at Kyle and said worriedly, "I'm not against you treating Frank and Alice. In fact, I also want to wake them up again."
"But Kyle, I must remind you that the Ministry of Magic has strictly prohibited any discussion of Horcruxes. If they find out, they will probably cause trouble for you."
"Don't worry, Principal, they can't see it." Kyle said with a smile, then walked to the disguised department store window and walked straight in.
Headmaster McGonagall was still a little hesitant, but Kyle had already walked in. In the end, she didn't say anything else, but just quickened her pace and followed him.
There were a lot of people in the waiting room, Neville and Mrs. Longbottom were standing at the front, and Professor Sassia was also there.
Even Amelia Bones, the Minister of Magic, and Kingsley Shacklebolt, the Head of the Auror Office, were here.
They all seemed to be waiting for Kyle.
"Kyle, is this true?" Amelia Bones walked over first and almost bumped into a witch with a golden snitch stuck in her left nostril.
"I heard you found the antidote to the Cruciatus Curse."
Kyle didn't hear what Bones said.
His attention was now on the witch and the wings of the Snitch that fluttered from time to time around her mouth.
Catching a snitch through your nostrils?
What did she do?
Kyle always thought that Harry's behavior of catching the Snitch with his mouth was already very niche.
It must be said that St. Mungo's always opened his eyes.
Kyle didn't come to his senses until someone touched him from behind.
"Minister Bones, I don't know if this is the solution to the Cruciatus Curse." Headmaster McGonagall asked in a clear voice, "To be honest, I only got the news last night and haven't had time to confirm it yet."
"Ah, it can't be considered as removing the curse." Kyle immediately continued her words: "It just has a certain restraining effect on the Cruciatus Curse and repairs the fragmented soul."
"That's already impressive," Bones said, but his tone was still skeptical.
Then Mrs. Longbottom stepped forward and thanked Kyle again, and then everyone went upstairs together.
Fifth floor, Spell Damage Department.
Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom were in one of the wards.
When the door opened, both of them looked over at the same time.
Kyle had been here once before, but compared to that time, they now looked more haggard, with thin faces, eyes that looked particularly large, and white hair that was messy and dry.
It seemed that too many people came in, making them feel uneasy. Neville's mother shrank into the corner and looked timidly at Neville in the crowd.
She was holding something in her hand.
Kyle walked closer and saw clearly that it was a piece of Blow Up Super Bubble Gum wrapper.
"As you can see," said Mrs. Longbottom, a little tiredly. "They are always like this now, and most of the time they are irrational."
"But there are also moments of clarity." Neville suddenly spoke up, "Many times she can recognize me, but she just can't speak... I can feel it."
"She'll be able to recognize you from now on." Kyle patted his shoulder.
Neville's face turned visibly red, and it was unclear whether it was because of nervousness or excitement.
Or maybe both.
"Okay, all irrelevant people please leave." Sashiya said with a serious expression.
No one moved. Amelia Bones and Kingsley Shacklebolt stood there, with no intention of leaving, nor was there any possibility of them leaving.
Minerva McGonagall did not move either, but the healer who was originally here was somehow squeezed out of the room.
The Auror who was accompanying him also went out and stood guard outside the door.
"Shall we start now?" Kingsley asked quietly.
"Sure." Kyle nodded, "We can still make it back in time for dinner."
He took out his wand, and the people around him immediately held their breath. Everyone looked nervous.
"Then let's take a nap first." Kyle waved the wand in his hand, and the two people who were originally a little scared immediately closed their eyes and fainted on the bed.
A red light emerged from the tip of Kyle's wand.
"The soul is out of body!"
The red light sank into Frank Longbottom's forehead, and then there was no movement.
At the same time, Kyle stopped moving.
At this time, the scene before his eyes had completely changed.
He seemed to have come to a huge, fragmented space without any color or boundaries.
It was as if I was facing a dozen screens of different sizes, each of which was playing a variety of different pictures.
This was the Imperius Curse...the 'screens' he was looking at now were the soul of Frank Longbottom.
Kyle knew that he was in Mr. Longbottom's mind, but at the same time he was not out of his body.
It's amazing.
"Now just keep them apart..."
Kyle tried to move his wand.
“…Conversion!”
He whispered a spell, but his voice was so low that even Minister Bones, who was standing next to him, only heard the last two words.
Then, Frank Longbottom suddenly began to twitch unconsciously, as if something was moving through his body.
Bones couldn't help but frown, but finally he held back and said nothing.
……
This process took a little longer than expected and was also quite boring.
Two people were lying, and Kyle stood in front of them, neither speaking nor making any unnecessary movements, at most moving his wand.
Fortunately, everyone in the room was patient, and until noon, no one showed any impatience.
Bones and Kingsley were patient, but only Sassia was not really bored. As a therapist, she could clearly notice the changes in the Longbottoms.
Every time Kyle moved his wand, she would gently turn her eyes, and they would become brighter and brighter.
……
Outside the door, Neville stood at the edge of the corridor, looking at the closed door, holding a crumpled candy wrapper tightly in his hand.
He also came out, but was driven out by Mrs. Longbottom as if he were an irrelevant person.
He had been like this for the entire morning, standing motionless by the wall with his head down, feeling nervous, scared, and expectant...all sorts of emotions mixed together, making it impossible for him to calm down.
But he didn't know what was happening in the room, so he could only worry and unconsciously fiddle with the candy wrapper in his hand.
"Click..."
I don’t know how long it took, but the door opened.
Kyle came out, followed by Amelia Bones' voice.
"I dare say the entire wizarding world will go crazy because of this, if your method really works... The Order of Merlin, First Class, I can guarantee you that."
"I'm not doing this for a badge, Minister," Kyle said, "and their bodies are too weak. It may take some time for them to wake up, so we'll talk about it when the time comes."
Neville first glanced into the room.
Both his parents were lying in bed, sleeping peacefully.
Neville's heart skipped a beat.
Kyle made it!
Although they hadn't woken up yet, Neville keenly noticed the changes in them.
It was a kind of peace that he had never seen before. Before, sleeping was a torture for them and they would be awakened by nightmares after a short while.
But now they are just like... just like... Harry who just came back from Quidditch training.
Because I was so tired, I fell asleep as soon as I lay down on the bed and slept until dawn.
This may not be quite accurate, but the meaning is similar. He is sure that his parents will not be awakened by the nightmare this time.
But when Neville turned around happily and wanted to thank Kyle, there was no one in the corridor in front of him.
When he was lying at the door and looking inside, Kyle had already left St. Mungo's and returned to Hogwarts.
If we go back now, we can just make it in time for lunch.
After working all morning, he was actually a little hungry.
……
"Whoosh!"
With a slight sound, two people appeared out of nowhere on the Hogsmeade platform.
"Aren't we waiting for the principal?"
"No, the principal should go see Minister Bones."
Kyle threw away the glass bottle in his hand and walked into the school gate with Kanna one after another.
To be honest, Kanna hasn't fully recovered yet.
"They...are they okay now?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, it just feels different than I imagined."
"That's for the people watching. I'm so tired." Kyle touched his wrist which was still shaking slightly.
After using more than twenty Horcrux spells in a row...his wrists now felt like they were being pricked by needles, and he could barely hold his wand.
Even this time when he and Connor came back, he asked Headmaster McGonagall to help make a portkey instead of using Apparition.
The last time I was this tired was when I met Voldemort in the Hebrides.
Kyle couldn't help but rub his buzzing head, mainly because he didn't expect Frank Longbottom's soul to be so broken.
No wonder Neville only said that his mother had been awake and never mentioned his father... It would be strange if he could be awake after his soul was broken into more than a dozen pieces.
"But Minister Bones said that he would help you apply for the Order of Merlin, First Class." Kanna whispered, "You will probably become the youngest recipient of the Order of Merlin, First Class, soon."
"Well... just listen to it." Kyle said casually, as if he didn't take this highest honor seriously.
"What does this mean?" Kanna frowned. "If you can solve the three unforgivable things, you can definitely get the first-class medal."
"The premise is that this method can be popularized, just like the wolfsbane potion." Kyle explained, "But the fact is, I definitely can't teach this method to others."
"Because of the Horcruxes?"
"That's right." Kyle nodded. "The essence of this spell is the Horcrux. If someone discovers this and makes some changes, they can easily master the method of making Horcruxes."
"There is no shortage of talented wizards in the wizarding world." Kyle looked up at the Hogwarts castle. "I'm not so arrogant as to think that no one can understand this spell. That's impossible."
Kanna sighed softly, feeling sorry for Kyle.
He could have received the Order of Merlin, First Class...
"Nothing." Kyle seemed to see what she was thinking and said with a smile: "That thing isn't even made of gold, and it's not worth much. I got something better."
"What is it?"
"It's just bragging." Kyle raised his eyebrows. "If I hadn't graduated yet, I might have won another special contribution award for the school... Although it can only be displayed in the trophy display room, at least it is made of gold... I don't know if the professor can get the medal."
"Definitely not." Kanna smiled and said, "Don't forget that those who receive the Special Contribution Award for the school can get an extra 200 points. If that's given to you, who would you give those points to?"
"Hufflepuff, of course."
"The remaining three colleges will not agree."
The two talked as they walked forward and soon arrived in front of the castle.
"By the way." Kanna stopped when she suddenly thought of something when she was standing at the door of the auditorium.
"You have made a Horcrux for Longbottom this time. If it takes too long, will it be discovered?" She asked in a low voice:
"Also, what did you choose as the container for their souls? I was watching the whole time, and you never left at all."
"You finally asked that." Kyle grinned. "They themselves are the containers. This is the inspiration I got from Harry."
"Potter?"
"Yes, he is Voldemort's Horcrux." Kyle nodded and explained, "I was thinking, if a wizard can become another wizard's Horcrux, then why can't it be his own.
"So I'll try to make Mr. Longbottom his own Horcrux. If that doesn't work, I'll just break a few bones as I had planned before."
"But I succeeded!"
Kanna frowned, somewhat confused.
"But he's only one person, and you made more than a dozen Horcruxes?"
"Just separate them," Kyle said.
The space without color boundaries that he had seen before was Mr. Longbottom's consciousness, or his soul.
Anyway, he didn't need to avoid risks, so he picked up the fragments, stuffed one into the 'head', and then stuffed one each into the 'hand' and 'leg', and he could always get it clean by squeezing them together.
The advantage of doing this is obvious. Since all the soul fragments are in one container, the personality split that occurred in Voldemort will not occur at all.
They are still the same Longbottom, nothing will change.
But the bad part... well, I can’t say it’s bad.
The advantage of a Horcrux is that the soul fragment will last along with the container... In theory, if a piece of stone can exist forever, then the soul fragment attached to it can also exist forever.
But if the container is replaced by a wizard, then this advantage no longer exists.
But this also depends on the situation.
After all, Kyle just wanted to bring the Longbottoms back to consciousness, not create two immortal wizards.
According to Kyle's original idea, he was going to stuff the separated soul fragments into their bones, directly inside the body, which would not be visible from the outside.
After that, after the people from the Ministry of Magic leave, the bones will be taken out and either destroyed directly or given to Headmistress McGonagall to help seal.
However, this method might cause a certain degree of harm to the Longbottoms, but fortunately this problem was solved perfectly.
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